| A | B |
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| Biotechnology | Use of technology to enhanse life and living processes |
| genome | The hereditary information encoded in an organism's DNA |
| clone | Exact genetic duplicate of a cell or organism |
| plasmid | small, circular piece of bacterial DNA similar to a chromosome |
| recombinant DNA | Modified DNA using DNA from two or more different organisms. |
| restriction DNA | Enzyme used to cut DNA at specific base sequences leaving "sticky" ends ( several unpaired bases) |
| stem cells | Cells having the ability to divide almost infefinitely and to eventually differentiate into specified cells. |
| totipotent | a stem cell that can give rise to any cell type of the body. |
| pluripotent | stem cell which cannot give rise to any cell type its limited in the cell types it can yield. |
| somatic stem cell | pluripotent adult stem cells |
| embryonic stem cell | totipotent cells of an embryo. |
| gene therapy | Replacement of a defective gene to reverse a genetic disease. |
| genetically modified plants (GMO) | Plant which has undergone genetic engineering. |
